Cream-separator.



v No; 744,023.

PATENTED NOV 17, 1903.

B. F. BRADBUEY.

CREAM SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WH @5525 v Q View with the cover removed.

a l. Applioationfiled April 14', 1903.

al/Z whom it inlay concern: no it known that LB NJAMINF. BRADBURY,

liJlZQII oftheUnited States, residing'at Cas- "tlle' "in the county of Green and State of Penn'- syl'vania, have invented a new and useful am separator of which the following is a 3 specification.

This invention relates in. general to apparatuses cl ployed for eifecting a separation of the com onent parts of liquids by subjecting them to the action of a eoolingor heating medium externally applied, but is'more particularly applicable for the treatment 'of milk to cause the rapid separation of the cream therefrom, and has for its object to siinplify'and improve devices of this character and to produce a device which may be readily separated for the purpose of cleansing. r

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described, and specified in the claim.

In the drawings illustrative of the inventiolninwhich corresponding parts aredenoted by like designating characters, Figure 1 is a, vertical sectional elevation, Fig. 2 is a plan Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the Water guard or shield.

The improved device may be made of any desired or capacity, and consists of an outer casing; or shell l0,' having a discharge faucet 1i and provided with cover 12, the latter preferably conical, as shown, and with a central. aperture at the apex of the cone covered with screen material 13, so that the cover when. inverted maybe employed as a strainer for the material to be treated and three .1 which it maybe fed to the receptacle. 'Wi .l the shell 10 is a receptacle 141 for the material to be separated, this receptacle preferably having corrugated side walls to in.- crease its area and spaced from the outer shell and resting on llllflbfihiflillll thereof and provided with. one or more notches or other openings 15 to provide freeeoinmunication between the reservoir and the space beneath the receptacle.

The bottom 16 of the receptacle is spaced from the bottom of the reservoir 10 and. inclined to one side, as shown, with a dischargepipe 17 leading froin the lowest point and MTED MATE TEPATENT @m s when required.

Patented November 17, 1903.

cameras F. .BRAD URY; or ernia, PENNSYLVANIA.

. A cesmvi sseeeAroa.'

ssnctrronzrxon fornriing part of Letters Patent No; 744,023, dated November 17, 1903.

as No. 162,618. (No man.)

a suitable yieldahle packing or gasket 19 hetween the faucetand casing to insure a liquid tight joint;

i The aperture for the pipe 17 through the shell 10 will be somewhat larger than the pipe, fee that "the receptacle can be readily removed from the reservoir when the faucet 18 arid U packing 19 are detached, and this ability to readily remove and. insert the receptacle is one of the valuable advantages of the invention, as it renders all parts readily and easily accessible for cleansing when required.

At the upper part at the opposite side from the dischargepipe 17 the receptacle 14 is concooled to the outer shell 10, as by a bolt 26), havinga Wing-nut 21 outside the shell and a spacer 2; hetween the shell and receptacle, by which means the receptacle can be rigidly supported in position relative to the shell, while at the same' time readily detachable As many o n rugations may be employed in the vertical Walls of the receptacle as required; but generally four will be suficient, as shown.

The corrugations will be connected by staybars 23 to stififen and strengthen the recepta ole, and one of these stays 2111 136 utilized. to

support a splash-guard 2-1, whose lower end 25 will be caused to engage one of these stays,

while the upper end extends alcove the recep; tacle and serves to prevent the water or other cooling liquid from splashing over into the inner receptacle" By this simple arrangement milk or other liqu'idswhich it is desired to cool by the external application of a cooling medium may be very easily and uniformly treated without exposure to the direct contact of the cooling me'dium and the cooled liquid drawn ofi independently of the cooling 1118-" dium, While the latter may likewise he'drawn off independently of the cooled liquid. Then when the parts are to he cleansed they can he very quickly separated for that purpose and then reassembled for use again, ready separatiouof the parts and the conse This quent easy accessibility of-all parts tothe cleansing process is a. very important feature of the invention', especially when the material treated is milk or similar'delieate substances,

5 where frequent and thorough cleansing of all utensils and apparatus with which the' milk comes in contactv is very essential.

When employed for the larger separators into the tube whenit is poured into lhe,re-

z'ceptacle.

The outer shell 10 will be provided with a 20 glasscovered observatiom aperture 28, and

opposite this aperture 2t corresponding glassfl I covered gage 29 will be disposed in the receptaole 14, so that the condition and height of the milk and cream may be ascertained at any 25 time. v

ing through the bottom 16. of the receptacle,

The device mny be eta-my suitable material and of any desired size and theouter casing and cover exteriorly ornamented in any desired manner; r Having thus described .the. invention, what Iclai'm i 's 3 v- Acooling-can comprising an ou casing or reservoir, an inner receptacle formed with corrugatedvertical wellsa'nd spaced from said outer casing, stay-bars connecting the said corrugations, and a splash-guard having a contracted'lower portion adapted to engage one of said stay-bars and extending above said receptacle to protect the contents of the receptacle when water'or other cooling liquid is poured into said shell or reservoir, substantially. as described. i In testimony that I clnim'the" foregoing es my own. I'liavef hereto aflixed my signature m the presence of two witnesses.

g BENJAMIN FL BRAD'BURY.

Witnesses:

CHALLEN W. WAYCHOFF, VERNON R. BRADBURY. 

